2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parattah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parattah
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Parattah than in the rest of the state. This reflects a smaller typical household size of 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5.
2.2
▼ -15.4%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Parattah — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34.4% of homes in Parattah are occupied by just one person, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why homes here typically hold fewer people than most other areas.
34.4% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Parattah, the largest group is 1 person at 34%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 23.8% of families in Parattah, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Tasmanian average of 15.9%. Couples with children make up the largest family group at 45.5%.
23.8% ▲ +79.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parattah, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (24%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Parattah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60489/parattah/topic/family-households